Date: 2023-06-29Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 290/2022 of 9 December 2022 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1232]
This EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 290/2022, adopted on December 9, 2022, amends Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement. The amendment incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/565, which authorizes the use of 3-nitrooxypropanol as a feed additive for dairy cows and cows for reproduction, with DSM Nutritional Products Ltd. as the authorization holder. This decision does not apply to Liechtenstein due to the extension of the Agreement between the European Community and Switzerland on trade in agricultural products to Liechtenstein. The Decision entered into force on December 10, 2022, and will be published in the EEA Section of, and the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Entities Referenced
European Economic Area: A trade agreement that allows Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway to participate in the European Union's single market without being EU members.
EEA Joint Committee: The body responsible for managing the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2022/565: A European Union regulation concerning the authorisation of 3nitrooxypropanol as a feed additive.
3nitrooxypropanol: A feed additive for dairy cows and cows for reproduction
DSM Nutritional Products Ltd: The holder of the authorisation for the feed additive 3nitrooxypropanol.
Liechtenstein: A country in Europe to which feedingstuffs legislation shall not apply as long as the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to it.
Brussels: The location where the decision was made.
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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 290/2022
of 9 December 2022
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1232]
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98
thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/565 of 7 April 2022 concerning the authorisation of a
preparation of 3-nitrooxypropanol as a feed additive for dairy cows and cows for reproduction (holder of the
authorisation: DSM Nutritional Products Ltd, represented in the Union by DSM Nutritional Products Sp. z o.o.)(1)is
to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) This Decision concerns legislation regarding feedingstuffs. Legislation regarding feedingstuffs shall not apply to
Liechtenstein as long as the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss
Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein, as specified in the sectoral adaptations
to Annex I to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.
(3) Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 453 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/703) of Chapter II of
Annex I to the EEA Agreement:
‘454. 32022 R 0565: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/565 of 7 April 2022 concerning the
authorisation of a preparation of 3-nitrooxypropanol as a feed additive for dairy cows and cows for reproduction
(holder of the authorisation: DSM Nutritional Products Ltd, represented in the Union by DSM Nutritional Products
Sp. z o.o.) (OJ L 109, 8.4.2022, p. 32).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/565 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.
(1) OJ L 109, 8.4.2022, p. 32.L 164/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 29.6.2023
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 10 December 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the
EEA Agreement have been made*.
Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European
Union.
Done at Brussels, 9 December 2022.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON
* No constitutional requirements indicated.